CVE-2021-36204 (GCVE-0-2021-36204)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-13 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-07 19:45
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Title
Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Metasys
Summary
Under some circumstances an Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Johnson Controls Metasys ADS/ADX/OAS 10 versions prior to 10.1.6 and 11 versions prior to 11.0.3 allows API calls to expose credentials in plain text.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Assigner
jci
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Johnson Controls Metasys ADS/ADX/OAS Affected: All 10 versions , < 10.1.6 (custom)
Affected: All 11 versions , < 11.0.3 (custom)
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